Art Gallery
Throughout the year, the walls of the Clubhouse host the work of different artists.
March 2020
Colette Descampe has been painting for 25 years. Her present works are abstract and floral. In the abstract works, you will read your own story of flowers, soldiers, people, plants, landscapes and colours.
"With striking colours, which are carefully thought out, and patches of light and shadow, I want to share emotion and joy with the viewer, and bring him/her a depth of thought". Bits of earth, water, landscape, flower, vegetation, all lead to creativity and even abstraction in one's feelings. Colette strives to present nature in its wild, refined and rare expression.
Do come to the Gallery Vernissage at the club house, on Sunday 8 March from 15.00 - 17.00. You will have a chance to meet the artist and admire her splendid works.
Gallery Co-ordinators
February 2020
For February, we have two artists displaying their work: Kosé Hu and Wim Daniels.
Kosé Hu is a Chinese-born American who lives in Leuven and is a member of the BCWCB Golf Club. She has sent the Gallery a short resumé and examples of her art work. In the 80’s she studied design - influenced by the Bauhaus principle - in Beijing, China. In the 90’s she attended the Tama Art University in Tokyo, to explore Japanese Art and design. Recently, she has been following oil painting courses in Leuven at the SLAC Academy under Luc Oeyen.
The second artist, Wim Daniels is a graphic designer who has a passion for painting his surroundings, portraits of his family and friends, landscapes and still life. For his part of the February Gallery, he has chosen to show some landscape watercolours of the lovely Belgian countryside.
The two artists are having a combined vernissage on Sunday 9 February between 15.00 and 17.00 hrs at the Clubhouse. All are very welcome.
Gallery Coordinators
January 2020
This month’s exhibition is by Anne-Marie Mortier. She is a Belgian artist whose works reflects her love of colour and imagination.
She writes: “I am very much an amateur artist; painting to me is both a hobby and a passion. It is also a great help in escaping from, and dealing with, the stresses of life in busy times. I first became interested in art by watching my grandfather, father and uncle as each of them put paint to canvas and I was enthralled by the way in which they could bring such beauty to a blank sheet of paper.
I have dabbled in painting from a very young age but recently, having retired after 27 years of work at NATO HQ I have more time available to develop and experiment with different forms and textures. I paint what I see, what I feel, and sometimes what I see in my dreams.
I am absolutely thrilled to be able to show some of my work, although, being my first exhibition, I find it quite a humbling and daunting experience. I hope you will enjoy viewing my work”
Anne-Marie is having her vernissage on 12 January 2020 at the clubhouse from 15.00-17.00 hours. All are very welcome to discover her colourful, vibrant paintings, viewed in public for the first time, and of course, to meet the artist.
This month’s exhibition is by Anne-Marie Mortier. She is a Belgian artist whose works reflects her love of colour and imagination.
She writes: “I am very much an amateur artist; painting to me is both a hobby and a passion. It is also a great help in escaping from, and dealing with, the stresses of life in busy times. I first became interested in art by watching my grandfather, father and uncle as each of them put paint to canvas and I was enthralled by the way in which they could bring such beauty to a blank sheet of paper.
I have dabbled in painting from a very young age but recently, having retired after 27 years of work at NATO HQ I have more time available to develop and experiment with different forms and textures. I paint what I see, what I feel, and sometimes what I see in my dreams.
I am absolutely thrilled to be able to show some of my work, although, being my first exhibition, I find it quite a humbling and daunting experience. I hope you will enjoy viewing my work”
Anne-Marie is having her vernissage on 12 January 2020 at the clubhouse from 15.00-17.00 hours. All are very welcome to discover her colourful, vibrant paintings, viewed in public for the first time, and of course, to meet the artist.
December 2019
In December, we have a small winter gallery which highlights the artistic talents in the BCWCB art groups. 12 watercolours will be on display until 9 January.
Thinking ahead, a ballot box has been set up to collect your top three favourite paintings. These will be made into 2020 club Christmas cards with sales going to BCWCB funds.
Many thanks must go to the artists, Molly and Christophe, who have made this expo possible and to all those who take time to vote for their preferred paintings. Wishing you all a wonderful festive season,
inda Davidson and Kathy Whalley
In December, we have a small winter gallery which highlights the artistic talents in the BCWCB art groups. 12 watercolours will be on display until 9 January.
Thinking ahead, a ballot box has been set up to collect your top three favourite paintings. These will be made into 2020 club Christmas cards with sales going to BCWCB funds.
Many thanks must go to the artists, Molly and Christophe, who have made this expo possible and to all those who take time to vote for their preferred paintings. Wishing you all a wonderful festive season,
inda Davidson and Kathy Whalley
October 2019
Masha Trotzky is this month's artist. She was born in Moscow and started her art career in 2009. She became the 'Best Photographer of Russia' national award winner in 2010. She received the Silver Graphis Award in New York in 2014 and was awarded the Aesthetica Art Prize in the UK in 2015. An artist and jewellery designer, she has had exhibitions in Moscow, Florence, Barcelona, Hamburg, Milan, Bologna, Malmo and London. Please look for more information about Masha's work on http.//www.mashatrotzky.com/
Masha welcomes all to her vernissage on 20 October between 15.00 to 17.00 at the BCWCB Clubhouse to view and discuss her unique photographs.
Gallery Coordinator
Masha Trotzky is this month's artist. She was born in Moscow and started her art career in 2009. She became the 'Best Photographer of Russia' national award winner in 2010. She received the Silver Graphis Award in New York in 2014 and was awarded the Aesthetica Art Prize in the UK in 2015. An artist and jewellery designer, she has had exhibitions in Moscow, Florence, Barcelona, Hamburg, Milan, Bologna, Malmo and London. Please look for more information about Masha's work on http.//www.mashatrotzky.com/
Masha welcomes all to her vernissage on 20 October between 15.00 to 17.00 at the BCWCB Clubhouse to view and discuss her unique photographs.
Gallery Coordinator
September 2019
The September gallery will be showing a contemporary Belgian artist, known as Artemisia. Artemisia now lives in Marche-en-Famenne. She has been painting most of her life and already obtained a first prize for painting, in 1971. She studied interior design in Brussels, and painting in Namur as well as several other places, and under several teachers and guides.
Her contemporary and mostly abstract paintings are in watercolours and oils. Whilst looking at her canvas, Artemisia creates in tune with the sounds that are within her. She makes her way to an abstraction which may not really be one.
Artemisia says:
Since I was very young, I was attracted by colour, light and drawing. Whilst enjoying many techniques, I especially love oils and abstract painting which liberates the mind. For me, nothing exists on earth, unless it has been thought of. My transparent colours allow the light to shine through and reveal the under layers.
Each painting is an emotional moment, made of silence which escapes the noisy world. But in that silence, nothing is empty, I travel the invisible path to reach the visible one. Painters such as Turner, Monet, Cezanne and Zao Wou Ki have guided my approach.
Artemisia has exhibited in several towns and centres throughout her career, namely Brussels' Contemporary Art Fair, the Carousel du Louvre in Paris, Le Cannet and Sainte Marie de la mer, in France, Art galleries in Tournai, Knokke, Brussels, Liège, Mons, Beersel, Floreffe... and many many more centres exhibiting excellent art.
The Club is very honoured to host such a prestigious artist.
You are sincerely invited to the preview of Artemisia's work on Sunday 15 September at 15.00 at the Clubhouse.
The September gallery will be showing a contemporary Belgian artist, known as Artemisia. Artemisia now lives in Marche-en-Famenne. She has been painting most of her life and already obtained a first prize for painting, in 1971. She studied interior design in Brussels, and painting in Namur as well as several other places, and under several teachers and guides.
Her contemporary and mostly abstract paintings are in watercolours and oils. Whilst looking at her canvas, Artemisia creates in tune with the sounds that are within her. She makes her way to an abstraction which may not really be one.
Artemisia says:
Since I was very young, I was attracted by colour, light and drawing. Whilst enjoying many techniques, I especially love oils and abstract painting which liberates the mind. For me, nothing exists on earth, unless it has been thought of. My transparent colours allow the light to shine through and reveal the under layers.
Each painting is an emotional moment, made of silence which escapes the noisy world. But in that silence, nothing is empty, I travel the invisible path to reach the visible one. Painters such as Turner, Monet, Cezanne and Zao Wou Ki have guided my approach.
Artemisia has exhibited in several towns and centres throughout her career, namely Brussels' Contemporary Art Fair, the Carousel du Louvre in Paris, Le Cannet and Sainte Marie de la mer, in France, Art galleries in Tournai, Knokke, Brussels, Liège, Mons, Beersel, Floreffe... and many many more centres exhibiting excellent art.
The Club is very honoured to host such a prestigious artist.
You are sincerely invited to the preview of Artemisia's work on Sunday 15 September at 15.00 at the Clubhouse.
June 2019
June brings to the Gallery the annual Ladies Art Group Summer Exhibition. These are members from both Molly Tchokanova and Christophe Castiau's painting groups. You will get a chance to view the best of their work done over the last year.
Molly, Christophe and the artists welcome you all to the vernissage on 16 June between 15.00 and 17.00 at the Clubhouse.
June brings to the Gallery the annual Ladies Art Group Summer Exhibition. These are members from both Molly Tchokanova and Christophe Castiau's painting groups. You will get a chance to view the best of their work done over the last year.
Molly, Christophe and the artists welcome you all to the vernissage on 16 June between 15.00 and 17.00 at the Clubhouse.